The problems with your example are (1) you only fork over cash to your landlord while you pay nothing to Facebook, and (2) you agree to a term for a lease whereas neither FB nor you are obligated to continue providing nor using the service.
FB is able to create value from you personal information. They have been incrementally changing their service in order to maximize the value of this information -- and it's something you give them every time you use their service. You are free to stop using their service at any time.
Well I have to admit, that was a fast fix... even if the biggest bug so far only made me feel a bit more smugly satisfied for having a separate partition for GRUB.
Goodness, I also find that surprising. I have long been aware of TOR vulnerabilities if a single entity controlled a high enough ratio of TOR nodes, but I still don't understand how these researchers were able to undermine the the protocol so readily in the first place.
Depending on where we're going, I paid $200 to $1400 just to get a cramped seat somewhere between the crying baby and Kevin Smith hogging the armrest. I *get* to zone out. The cockpit crew, OTOH, is getting paid to pilot the craft. Their profession does *not* consist of amusing themselves during times of minimal activity. It's not just b/c that's what they signed up for, either.
It's their responsibility to respond in the unlikely case that something goes wrong which requires a person's immediate and full attention. We're paying them ridiculous fees in part so they can sit around and be bored for hours at a time because everything's running smoothly. They're welcome to make productive use of their time to ensure that things are running as efficiently as possible, but I want every task they accomplish directly related to making my trip as safe and efficient as possible.
And if they're actually just sitting around bored for hours on end, then it's pretty easy money.
If your social life consists mainly of events that are coordinated solely through Facebook, you do not have that great of a social life. You would do well to intentionally broaden your circles to groups that are not reliant on FB.
You can even continue to be part of your current groups; you'll just have to use alternate means of doing so. Try, for example, regularly ask a set group of people in the know what they're doing the following weekend.
Look, if I'm paying for power, in a government granted monopoly (as most power companies are) I'd better be able to use it how I wish, while paying for it with a reasonable fee based on what I use....
It is the most basic of rights to be able to use what you pay for.... when it comes to electricity, theres no other providers and its just about impossible to go without electricity in 2010 (even most Amish will have electricity in their outbuildings).
How absurd to claim that as a "most basic of rights". You are certainly free to spend your money to create your own power sources. Don't have enough money to build your own power plants? Then you simply cannot *afford* unlimited access to power.
Power is a limited resource. It needs to be generated, and distributed among communities. The reality is that sometimes your unnecessarily cool AC will cause grids to lose power to more basic and necessary appliances, like lights and fridges.
And please. Many Amish barns might have electricity, but they *do not* have A/C.
Sure, hardly anyone posting a youtube vid will be interested in licensing the scene. It's short sighted to consider only that aspect, and think of it as lost revenue. This meme is a big one. If properly nurtured, it could ensure future rental revenue in the way that only cult movie status can.
I also only --and legally-- rented the movie after watching the Xbox Live parody. The movie was a large international success upon its release, but it didn't make my radar. The parodies are can be so funny because the banality of the fake subtitles is so incongruent to the remarkably powerful acting.
My thought process went from "this is hilarious" to "wow what a great scene... I need to watch this movie".
Give an established artist a grant to create a work of art in the medium of a video game. It will be "a breakthrough", and will convince traditionalist & entrenched critics.
Moma's current display of performance art consists in part of walking between two naked people into a room. When it's directed by an artist and in a gallery, it's art. When it's the same thing but just at a great party, it's not art. Makes perfect sense.
1. Roll up the carpet. 2. Put the object in a carpet, then put the carpeted object in another, slightly angled carpet, then put THAT into yet another slightly more angled carpet, and that entire batch into still yet another, even more slightly angled carpet, etc, until all angles are covered.
Who would put it into perspective by telling him...
A rat done bit my sister Nell, with Whitey on the moon. Her face and arms began to swell, and Whitey's on the moon. I can't pay no doctor bill, but Whitey's on the moon Ten years from now I'll be paying still, while Whitey's on the moon. The man just upped my rent last night, 'cause Whitey's on the moon. No hot water, no toilets, no lights, but Whitey's on the moon. I wonder why he's uppi' me? 'Cause Whitey's on the moon? I was already paying him fifty a week, with Whitey on the moon. Taxes taking my whole damn check, Junkies making me a nervous wreck, The price of food is going up, And as if all that shit wasn't enough: A rat done bit my sister Nell, with Whitey on the moon. Her face an' arm began to swell, but Whitey's on the moon. Was all that money I made last year for Whitey on the moon? How come there ain't no money here? Hmm! Whitey's on the moon. Y'know I just about had my fill of Whitey on the moon. I think I'll send these doctor bills, airmail special to Whitey on the moon.
What about using a computer dust filter bag? You could cut a window for typing and seal around the keyboard cover. You could also create flaps for the optical drive and ports, though an extension hub might make more sense and provide for a tighter seal.
The relative quality of coverage between the BBC and any Murdoch operation isn't really a contest. I don't think he has enough money to make it politically expedient to argue for hamstringing a free service that also happens to be the gold standard in news coverage.
Murdoch has been working on his pay wall plans for years. I think he's just deluded himself into ignoring the realities of how unpopular such a move will be, and has as a result overlooked better options. I certainly do look forward to his inevitable drop in circulation and ad revenue, though.
While the mic-level/line-level difference is notable, you can decrease the gain on the mic-input enough to to adjust for this difference. (It helps if your sending device has an output level control.)
A more difficult problem is that the pink mic-in jacks are, afaik, uniformly mono inputs. Depending on the plug you use, substituting the mic-in for a line-in it will either come out as only the left or right stereo track, or an ugly mono blend of both.
It attacks the profit model of private insurance companies by establishing a competitor. It'd basically be the same thing if FedEx, UPS, and DHL were the only delivery services in the country, and then Congress wanted to establish the US Postal Service. It cuts into their profit.
The rest of the opposition is simply the same type of misinformation campaign that led to popular support for invading Iraq: lying backed by money and political influence.
Those who anticipate losing money on this bill spent dozens of millions on a disinformation campaign, including such claims that this bill would mandate the execution of senior citizens, put people in prison for refusing to buy health insurance, or be the equivalent of a Stalinist regime. The political resistance against it came from representatives who receive a lot of money from the health care industry.
Seriously -- the two times I was between jobs and eligible for COBRA, the monthly payments were higher than my apartment rent. There was no way I could afford it -- it COBRA is (was!) always the cheapest, because you got access to the group rate negotiated by your employer.
It actually provides health care coverage to 38 million people that do not currently have it. The original bill wanted to give even those already with employer-provided insurance access to the new plan. That was "the public option". If you would have liked to have this choice, remember to vote out the people who insisted on denying you that option.
If you were living off the grid and not earning any money --or at least less than 400% of the poverty level-- you would not be subject to the fine for not having insurance. That fine is assessed only on people who can afford to purchase insurance, but do not.
The taxes assessed on individuals by this bill are as follows:
-A 3.8% excise tax on the investment income of families earning over $250,000 -A tax of 5.4% on any adjusted gross income over $1,000,000 (see 551)
That's it. Assuming that your high-earning physician friend is not in the indoor tanning salon business, that $100k is 3.8% of his investment income --dividends, rents received, etc. That means he is earning $2.6 billion per year on his investments, which is impressive. Either that, or his AGI is $1.8 billion per year, also impressive.
Indeed. In the past 10 years I've been eligible for COBRA twice. If you can get it, COBRA is currently almost always the cheapest option for health care coverage, and only lasts for 18 months after you stop working for an employer. You can pay the entire amount of what you and your former employer used to pay jointly to remain on your former employer's plan.
The first time was in 2002, and it would have cost me $650/mo. Rent on my single bedroom apartment at that time cost less! This would have been 47% of my after tax income -- had I been working. The second time was in 2008. This was after COBRA reform in 2005 that lowered the rates. Even with that, health insurance would have cost me $612/month, or ~$7400/year. Had I continued working for that former employer, this would have been ~16% of my after tax income.
Look at those figures closely. They could have *tripled* my income tax rate just to pay for universal health care coverage, and it *still* would have been less expensive than the cheapest coverage I've ever been able to access.
This bill manages to insure every American without increasing the income tax rate at all.
Yes, I would actually like to change Chinese society by imposing American values on it. (Or at least some set of constitutionally democratic values; they don't have to be American.)
Not that I believe that America always lives up to its own values, but I would like to impose on Chinese society the values of representative government, of freedom of speech, and of equal access to justice. Chinese society currently has none of those values, and I think its people suffer greatly for it.
Checks serve as physical evidence. I get my canceled checks mailed to me with each --print-- copy of my bank statements. I do not have to rely on a server or other records that are out of my control.
I have had a few instances where companies --public and private utilities, municipal agencies like parking enforcement and hospitals-- have contacted me with erroneous claims that I have an outstanding unpaid balance. In each case resolving this in my favor was simply not possible until I was able to provide them with the copy of my check and the bank's cancellation stamp. If I hadn't been able to do this, I'd have paid around $2,000 to cover bills that I'd already paid once.
I have had to do this for claims that were over six years old, claims which had already been successfully disputed with the company, yet not updated and were sold at a discount to some schmuck debt collector who didn't demand verification of the claims. I've been able to do this for accounts that were drawn from banks that no longer exist. I've been able to do this for accounts that I had closed years ago, and so would not have been able to access my past account records.
If my choices for archiving financial information comes down to: (1) print material in my possession, (2) digital material in my possession, or (3) digital material out of my possession, I prefer print to digital, and possession to non-possession. While a bit cumbersome, it has simply saved me money.
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The problems with your example are (1) you only fork over cash to your landlord while you pay nothing to Facebook, and (2) you agree to a term for a lease whereas neither FB nor you are obligated to continue providing nor using the service.
FB is able to create value from you personal information. They have been incrementally changing their service in order to maximize the value of this information -- and it's something you give them every time you use their service. You are free to stop using their service at any time.
Well I have to admit, that was a fast fix... even if the biggest bug so far only made me feel a bit more smugly satisfied for having a separate partition for GRUB.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/29/ubuntu_10_04_bug_delay/
Goodness, I also find that surprising. I have long been aware of TOR vulnerabilities if a single entity controlled a high enough ratio of TOR nodes, but I still don't understand how these researchers were able to undermine the the protocol so readily in the first place.
Depending on where we're going, I paid $200 to $1400 just to get a cramped seat somewhere between the crying baby and Kevin Smith hogging the armrest. I *get* to zone out. The cockpit crew, OTOH, is getting paid to pilot the craft. Their profession does *not* consist of amusing themselves during times of minimal activity. It's not just b/c that's what they signed up for, either.
It's their responsibility to respond in the unlikely case that something goes wrong which requires a person's immediate and full attention. We're paying them ridiculous fees in part so they can sit around and be bored for hours at a time because everything's running smoothly. They're welcome to make productive use of their time to ensure that things are running as efficiently as possible, but I want every task they accomplish directly related to making my trip as safe and efficient as possible.
And if they're actually just sitting around bored for hours on end, then it's pretty easy money.
If your social life consists mainly of events that are coordinated solely through Facebook, you do not have that great of a social life. You would do well to intentionally broaden your circles to groups that are not reliant on FB.
You can even continue to be part of your current groups; you'll just have to use alternate means of doing so. Try, for example, regularly ask a set group of people in the know what they're doing the following weekend.
Look, if I'm paying for power, in a government granted monopoly (as most power companies are) I'd better be able to use it how I wish, while paying for it with a reasonable fee based on what I use....
It is the most basic of rights to be able to use what you pay for.... when it comes to electricity, theres no other providers and its just about impossible to go without electricity in 2010 (even most Amish will have electricity in their outbuildings).
How absurd to claim that as a "most basic of rights". You are certainly free to spend your money to create your own power sources. Don't have enough money to build your own power plants? Then you simply cannot *afford* unlimited access to power.
Power is a limited resource. It needs to be generated, and distributed among communities. The reality is that sometimes your unnecessarily cool AC will cause grids to lose power to more basic and necessary appliances, like lights and fridges.
And please. Many Amish barns might have electricity, but they *do not* have A/C.
Sure, hardly anyone posting a youtube vid will be interested in licensing the scene. It's short sighted to consider only that aspect, and think of it as lost revenue. This meme is a big one. If properly nurtured, it could ensure future rental revenue in the way that only cult movie status can.
I also only --and legally-- rented the movie after watching the Xbox Live parody. The movie was a large international success upon its release, but it didn't make my radar. The parodies are can be so funny because the banality of the fake subtitles is so incongruent to the remarkably powerful acting.
My thought process went from "this is hilarious" to "wow what a great scene... I need to watch this movie".
It took me four years to get to that stage where I pronounce it the way Linus does.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Linus_pronounces_linux_(english).oga
Give an established artist a grant to create a work of art in the medium of a video game. It will be "a breakthrough", and will convince traditionalist & entrenched critics.
Moma's current display of performance art consists in part of walking between two naked people into a room. When it's directed by an artist and in a gallery, it's art. When it's the same thing but just at a great party, it's not art. Makes perfect sense.
1. Roll up the carpet.
2. Put the object in a carpet, then put the carpeted object in another, slightly angled carpet, then put THAT into yet another slightly more angled carpet, and that entire batch into still yet another, even more slightly angled carpet, etc, until all angles are covered.
Who would put it into perspective by telling him...
A rat done bit my sister Nell, with Whitey on the moon.
Her face and arms began to swell, and Whitey's on the moon.
I can't pay no doctor bill, but Whitey's on the moon
Ten years from now I'll be paying still, while Whitey's on the moon.
The man just upped my rent last night, 'cause Whitey's on the moon.
No hot water, no toilets, no lights, but Whitey's on the moon.
I wonder why he's uppi' me? 'Cause Whitey's on the moon?
I was already paying him fifty a week, with Whitey on the moon.
Taxes taking my whole damn check,
Junkies making me a nervous wreck,
The price of food is going up,
And as if all that shit wasn't enough:
A rat done bit my sister Nell, with Whitey on the moon.
Her face an' arm began to swell, but Whitey's on the moon.
Was all that money I made last year for Whitey on the moon?
How come there ain't no money here? Hmm! Whitey's on the moon.
Y'know I just about had my fill of Whitey on the moon.
I think I'll send these doctor bills, airmail special
to Whitey on the moon.
What about using a computer dust filter bag? You could cut a window for typing and seal around the keyboard cover. You could also create flaps for the optical drive and ports, though an extension hub might make more sense and provide for a tighter seal.
The relative quality of coverage between the BBC and any Murdoch operation isn't really a contest. I don't think he has enough money to make it politically expedient to argue for hamstringing a free service that also happens to be the gold standard in news coverage.
Murdoch has been working on his pay wall plans for years. I think he's just deluded himself into ignoring the realities of how unpopular such a move will be, and has as a result overlooked better options. I certainly do look forward to his inevitable drop in circulation and ad revenue, though.
Maybe he's busy working on more math that people can sort through when he's finished, and doesn't wish to suffer any interruptions.
I understand the need to CYA, but was there a reason that you couldn't forward or BCC such emails to a personal account?
While the mic-level/line-level difference is notable, you can decrease the gain on the mic-input enough to to adjust for this difference. (It helps if your sending device has an output level control.)
A more difficult problem is that the pink mic-in jacks are, afaik, uniformly mono inputs. Depending on the plug you use, substituting the mic-in for a line-in it will either come out as only the left or right stereo track, or an ugly mono blend of both.
The blue line-in jacks are stereo inputs.
It attacks the profit model of private insurance companies by establishing a competitor. It'd basically be the same thing if FedEx, UPS, and DHL were the only delivery services in the country, and then Congress wanted to establish the US Postal Service. It cuts into their profit.
The rest of the opposition is simply the same type of misinformation campaign that led to popular support for invading Iraq: lying backed by money and political influence.
Those who anticipate losing money on this bill spent dozens of millions on a disinformation campaign, including such claims that this bill would mandate the execution of senior citizens, put people in prison for refusing to buy health insurance, or be the equivalent of a Stalinist regime. The political resistance against it came from representatives who receive a lot of money from the health care industry.
Seriously -- the two times I was between jobs and eligible for COBRA, the monthly payments were higher than my apartment rent. There was no way I could afford it -- it COBRA is (was!) always the cheapest, because you got access to the group rate negotiated by your employer.
It actually provides health care coverage to 38 million people that do not currently have it. The original bill wanted to give even those already with employer-provided insurance access to the new plan. That was "the public option". If you would have liked to have this choice, remember to vote out the people who insisted on denying you that option.
If you were living off the grid and not earning any money --or at least less than 400% of the poverty level-- you would not be subject to the fine for not having insurance. That fine is assessed only on people who can afford to purchase insurance, but do not.
The taxes assessed on individuals by this bill are as follows:
-A 3.8% excise tax on the investment income of families earning over $250,000
-A tax of 5.4% on any adjusted gross income over $1,000,000 (see 551)
That's it. Assuming that your high-earning physician friend is not in the indoor tanning salon business, that $100k is 3.8% of his investment income --dividends, rents received, etc. That means he is earning $2.6 billion per year on his investments, which is impressive. Either that, or his AGI is $1.8 billion per year, also impressive.
Yet another option is that he is misinformed.
Indeed. In the past 10 years I've been eligible for COBRA twice. If you can get it, COBRA is currently almost always the cheapest option for health care coverage, and only lasts for 18 months after you stop working for an employer. You can pay the entire amount of what you and your former employer used to pay jointly to remain on your former employer's plan.
The first time was in 2002, and it would have cost me $650/mo. Rent on my single bedroom apartment at that time cost less! This would have been 47% of my after tax income -- had I been working. The second time was in 2008. This was after COBRA reform in 2005 that lowered the rates. Even with that, health insurance would have cost me $612/month, or ~$7400/year. Had I continued working for that former employer, this would have been ~16% of my after tax income.
Look at those figures closely. They could have *tripled* my income tax rate just to pay for universal health care coverage, and it *still* would have been less expensive than the cheapest coverage I've ever been able to access.
This bill manages to insure every American without increasing the income tax rate at all.
Yes, I would actually like to change Chinese society by imposing American values on it. (Or at least some set of constitutionally democratic values; they don't have to be American.)
Not that I believe that America always lives up to its own values, but I would like to impose on Chinese society the values of representative government, of freedom of speech, and of equal access to justice. Chinese society currently has none of those values, and I think its people suffer greatly for it.
would anyone scan a magazine?
Checks serve as physical evidence. I get my canceled checks mailed to me with each --print-- copy of my bank statements. I do not have to rely on a server or other records that are out of my control.
I have had a few instances where companies --public and private utilities, municipal agencies like parking enforcement and hospitals-- have contacted me with erroneous claims that I have an outstanding unpaid balance. In each case resolving this in my favor was simply not possible until I was able to provide them with the copy of my check and the bank's cancellation stamp. If I hadn't been able to do this, I'd have paid around $2,000 to cover bills that I'd already paid once.
I have had to do this for claims that were over six years old, claims which had already been successfully disputed with the company, yet not updated and were sold at a discount to some schmuck debt collector who didn't demand verification of the claims. I've been able to do this for accounts that were drawn from banks that no longer exist. I've been able to do this for accounts that I had closed years ago, and so would not have been able to access my past account records.
If my choices for archiving financial information comes down to: (1) print material in my possession, (2) digital material in my possession, or (3) digital material out of my possession, I prefer print to digital, and possession to non-possession. While a bit cumbersome, it has simply saved me money.